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the return of database legislation

It does appear as if restrictive database legislation is raising its head
once again. Such legislation was unsuccessful in the 104th, 105th and
106th Congresses but the proponents took a break in the 107th.  But the
database industry (led by Reed Elsevier, Thompson, and the Software and
Information Industry Association) continues to press for additional
legislation.

The library associations are right on the case, and they've already filed
a letter in opposition to the anticipated measure (which has not yet been
introduced).  It's posted at
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/aallwash/lt09042003.html

Samuel Trosow
Assistant Professor
University of Western Ontario
Faculty of Information & Media Studies
Faculty of Law
http://publish.uwo.ca/~strosow/